Post by merg on May 8, 2004 15:03:04 GMT -5
not the entire album will sound piano-ish, but they will have a few (at least one) piano track
Source Rolling Stone
Good Charlotte Hit the Piano
Punk rockers branch out on third record
"I don't think you have to worry about Good Charlotte putting out a drug album," says frontman Joel Madden. But the pop-punkers are heading in some different musical directions on their third release, currently being recorded in Los Angeles with producer Eric Valentine, who was behind the boards of the band's multi-platinum second record, The Young and the Hopeless.
New songs such as "On the Mountains" and "Falling Away" feature a slower, heavier rock sound, while "We Believe" is a piano-based pop number. "It sounds like something Billy Joel or Elton John would sing," says Madden. "And it's more grown-up. We're singing about what's going on in the world. When we wrote it, I was watching a lot of CNN, I guess."
Although the album is still in its infant stage, the band has some ambitious plans. "We'd like to bring in a choir on a track or two," says Madden, who is also working up a Christmas-themed track and a possible hip-hop collaboration on a song called "I Just Want to Live."
If this sounds problematic for fans of Good Charlotte's harder side, Madden is sympathetic. "There's a lot of stuff on here that has our classic sound," he says. "And [guitarist] Benji's been listening to the Clash a lot recently, and all of his guitar lines are starting to sound like that. I had to tell him to stop doing that, because Joe Strummer was the only person who could sing over those types of guitar lines."
Good Charlotte hope to have the record done before they begin their stint on the Warped Tour June 25th in Houston. "It's really early on in the recording process," says Madden. "I hope it turns out all right, and people will have an open mind when they listen to it. We've been really lucky with people giving us a chance so far."
KIRK MILLER
(May 7, 2004)
Source Rolling Stone
Good Charlotte Hit the Piano
Punk rockers branch out on third record
"I don't think you have to worry about Good Charlotte putting out a drug album," says frontman Joel Madden. But the pop-punkers are heading in some different musical directions on their third release, currently being recorded in Los Angeles with producer Eric Valentine, who was behind the boards of the band's multi-platinum second record, The Young and the Hopeless.
New songs such as "On the Mountains" and "Falling Away" feature a slower, heavier rock sound, while "We Believe" is a piano-based pop number. "It sounds like something Billy Joel or Elton John would sing," says Madden. "And it's more grown-up. We're singing about what's going on in the world. When we wrote it, I was watching a lot of CNN, I guess."
Although the album is still in its infant stage, the band has some ambitious plans. "We'd like to bring in a choir on a track or two," says Madden, who is also working up a Christmas-themed track and a possible hip-hop collaboration on a song called "I Just Want to Live."
If this sounds problematic for fans of Good Charlotte's harder side, Madden is sympathetic. "There's a lot of stuff on here that has our classic sound," he says. "And [guitarist] Benji's been listening to the Clash a lot recently, and all of his guitar lines are starting to sound like that. I had to tell him to stop doing that, because Joe Strummer was the only person who could sing over those types of guitar lines."
Good Charlotte hope to have the record done before they begin their stint on the Warped Tour June 25th in Houston. "It's really early on in the recording process," says Madden. "I hope it turns out all right, and people will have an open mind when they listen to it. We've been really lucky with people giving us a chance so far."
KIRK MILLER
(May 7, 2004)